Chapter 157: Sudden Attack

"The Qian family's Foundation Establishment cultivator didn't take action because they were afraid of being overwhelmed and then surrounded and killed?" Mo Hua asked.

"Yes, but not entirely," Elder Yu replied. "On one hand, the Qian family's Foundation Establishment cultivator is indeed afraid of being overwhelmed. At that time, as long as I take action to hold him, he won't be able to run away and will definitely be killed."

"So in this kind of melee, Foundation Establishment cultivators generally restrain each other and don't easily take action. Once they do, it's either a decisive blow to settle the victory, or there are other important purposes sufficient to influence the battle situation."

"On the other hand, the Qian family might not have only one Foundation Establishment cultivator..." Elder Yu chuckled lightly.

Mo Hua said doubtfully, "Isn't that an advantage for the Qian family?"

Elder Yu didn't answer directly, but said, "One monk has water to drink, two pick water to drink, three monks have no water to drink."

"Oh," Mo Hua understood. "They all want others to take the risks and do the work, while they reap the benefits."

Elder Yu nodded approvingly.

"The Qian family's internal strife is that fierce?"

"Even blood brothers still settle accounts clearly, let alone them. Although they are one family, their bloodline branches are too numerous, mutual interests are complicated, and when internal strife arises, there might not be much family affection to speak of."

Mo Hua nodded. No wonder Elder Yu always scolded the Qian family as a nest of black-hearted, heartless ingrates. If they treat their own clan's cultivators like this, what about others?

"Then what if the Qian family's Foundation Establishment cultivators all come together?" Mo Hua asked.

"On the contrary, I hope they all come together," Elder Yu raised an eyebrow. "If they all come together, no one will be guarding their families and businesses. If their enemies find out, they will rob their businesses clean and kill their direct line completely. That would be fun."

Elder Yu's expression was quite gleeful.

Mo Hua's mouth widened. "Such things actually happen?"

"How could they not? You are still young. Wait until you've lived a few hundred years, and you'll know that in this world, there's nothing you can't imagine, only things you can't do."

Mo Hua was quite shocked. "Then the Dao Court Division will handle it, right?"

"The robbing is already done, the killing is already done. What use is the Dao Court Division handling it..." Elder Yu wanted to say some vulgar words but stopped himself slightly, considering Mo Hua was present.

"If the direct line disciples are all dead, and only the Foundation Establishment cultivators remain, it's just an empty shell, outwardly strong but inwardly weak. With no one to succeed them, sooner or later they will be squeezed out until they have no foothold."

"Also, the Qian family's important businesses outside. If there are no Foundation Establishment cultivators guarding them, and something truly happens, it will truly injure their bones and muscles..."

"A large family and a large business are not easy to protect. Therefore, they also dare not let Foundation Establishment cultivators come to participate in the war too early."

So that's how it is... Mo Hua suddenly realized.

Elder Yu saw Mo Hua's thoughtful expression and thought he was still worried, so he said, "Don't worry, the Qian family's Foundation Establishment cultivators look fierce, but in reality, they are all soft-shelled cowards. If one comes, I can easily handle it. Even if two or three come, I have ways to cope."

Mo Hua was shocked. Elder Yu was originally so powerful.

"Elder, is your cultivation very high?" Mo Hua asked.

"It's not that my cultivation is high," Elder Yu sighed, laughing bitterly. "It's just that I dare to stake my life to fight, and they don't."

Mo Hua looked at Elder Yu. On Elder Yu's thin and wiry arms and neck, there were various crisscrossing light-colored scars. Because Elder Yu's skin was dark, they were not easily noticeable without a careful look. These scars must have been left behind from desperate fights... Mo Hua thought silently.

The Qian family didn't attack, so the demon hunters concentrated all their efforts on mining the spirit mine. But Elder Yu knew the Qian family wouldn't give up.

Several evenings later, the Qian family indeed came again. This time they had reinforcements: several strong and sturdy earth-attribute spirit root cultivators, their bodies fully armed, wearing iron armor.

This was the breakthrough method Qian Zhuang had racked his brains to come up with. The power of the Ground Fire Array was not too strong. He found some thick-skinned earth-attribute body refinement cultivators, put them in iron armor, and had them directly trample the Ground Fire Array. As long as there was no Ground Fire Array, the path ahead would be flat.

So he used connections, from the clan or through invitations or transfers or begging, to find several earth-attribute spirit roots who cultivated earth-attribute techniques and were strong body refinement cultivators. He then almost spent all his savings, or bought or borrowed several sets of fine iron armor, as well as some spirit tools that could ward off fire.

Tonight, he had to break the Ground Fire Array!

The situation indeed unfolded as he expected. The earth-attribute cultivators wearing iron armor and carrying fire-warding spirit tools directly trampled over the seven-pattern Ground Fire Array, stirring up waves of explosive firelight. The mountain was filled with the sounds of explosions and firelight.

The fire-attribute spirit power that exploded impacted the iron armor, but most of the power was neutralized. Some of the fire energy was also dissolved by the fire-warding spirit tools, and the remaining small part of the power injured the earth-attribute cultivators wearing the iron armor, but it couldn't cause much harm.

Just like this back and forth several times, the earth-spirit root cultivators in iron armor completely trampled off the Ground Fire Array in the mountain. Several sets of iron armor also sustained damage, and one set was even destroyed.

Qian Zhuang's heart ached endlessly, but these costs were all worth it! He finally broke the Ground Fire Array!

Qian Zhuang raised his eyebrows, exhaled, and was full of spirit. Leading the Qian family cultivators, he finally crossed the area of the mountainside that had previously been full of Ground Fire Arrays, which had frustrated him several times and caused him to develop a psychological shadow!

And the Qian family cultivators also arrived before the mine cave and formally confronted the demon hunters.

Then Qian Zhuang suddenly realized that he seemed to have forgotten a most crucial problem: Their original tactic seemed to be a sneak attack... Now, a group of demon hunters wearing vine armor, strictly arrayed, could even be said to be waiting for them at ease, having been standing here staring at them for a long time. And they, after the devastation of the Ground Fire Array, finally arrived in front of the demon hunters.

But... could this be called a sneak attack? The demon hunters' gazes were mocking, as if they were looking at fools.

Qian Zhuang's face flushed with anger, but a chill ran through his heart. He suddenly didn't know what to do next... It seemed like they couldn't win.

Then why exactly did they come? And why did they go to such trouble to trample the Ground Fire Array?

While Qian Zhuang was doubting himself, Yu Chengyi had already drawn his knife. Subsequently, the knives of the crowd of demon hunters were also unsheathed accordingly. The night was pitch black, and the demon hunters' knives flashed with a piece of white light.

"Kill!" Yu Chengyi roared in a deep voice, and the demon hunters behind him charged with momentum like a rainbow, covering the Qian family cultivators.

Thus, the Qian family cultivators, who had originally gone to great lengths to cross the Ground Fire Array, were killed back in disarray in less than a moment.

Qian Hong, having escaped back to the camp with great difficulty, summarized the battle situation, his face gray and dirty. Disciples' deaths and injuries were inevitable, and several sets of iron armor were also confiscated. There was no other way; that group of demon hunters' primary target was the iron armor, and the people were secondary.

The demon hunters hunted demons year-round, their coordination was tacit, their skills were proficient. Several people working together could knock down the Qian family cultivators wearing iron armor in just a few rounds. Then, in no time at all, they would strip and rob the iron armor. For demon hunters, peeling the skin of demon beasts was not a problem, let alone the iron armor worn on the body.

Qian Zhuang's heart twisted in pain, and at the same time, he felt absurd. If his head hadn't been messed up by the Ground Fire Array, single-mindedly thinking only of breaking the array, he wouldn't have forgotten their original intention. Turning a sneak attack into an open attack. And still being waited for at ease by others, hitting them when they were caught off guard.

Qian Zhuang hated it to death.

Exactly who the hell drew this Ground Fire Array?!

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